Revisiting the Enhanced Red Upconversion Emission from a Single β-NaYF4:Yb/Er Microcrystal By Doping with Mn2+ Ions

Abstract The presence of manganese ions (Mn2+) in Yb/Er-co-doped nanomaterials results in suppressing green (545 nm) and enhancing red (650 nm) upconversion (UC) emission, which can achieve single-red-band emission to enable applications in bioimaging and drug delivery. Here, we revisit the tunable...

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Main Authors: Maohui Yuan, Rui Wang, Chaofan Zhang, Zining Yang, Xu Yang, Kai Han, Jingfeng Ye, Hongyan Wang, Xiaojun Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-03-01
Series:Nanoscale Research Letters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s11671-019-2931-0